Staff tell of fears as jet from Africa is quarantined after the death of passenger who was 'sweating and vomiting' before she collapsed
Airport staff tonight told of their fears of an Ebola outbreak after a passenger from Sierra Leone collapsed and died as she got off a plane at Gatwick.Workers said they were terrified the virus could spread globally through the busy international hub from the West African country which is in the grip of the deadly epidemic.
The woman, said to be 72, became ill on the gangway after she left a Gambia Bird jet with 128 passengers on board. She died in hospital.
Ebola has killed 256 people in Sierra Leone. A total of 826 have died in West Africa since the outbreak began in February. Tests are now being carried out to see if the woman had disease.
The plane was quarantined as officials desperately tried to trace everyone who had been in contact with the woman.
Airport workers face an anxious wait to see if the woman had Ebola. One said: “Everyone’s just petrified.
“We’ve all seen how many people have died from Ebola, especially in Sierra Leone, and it’s terrifying.”
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England! How they love their immigrants.
ReplyDeleteI'm having a hard time believing these reports about ebola.
ReplyDeleteAs an armchair epidemiologist for a long time, I find it hard to believe that these people are infected with this disease and walking around. I read yesterday that the "Dr" brought to GA walked into the hospital under his own power (in space suit).
I think we're being propaganda-ized to the hilt with this. This is cover for
1. mass panic and tighter controls of travel and hysteria among the uneducated and ignorant
2. cover-story for the disease being brought in by the illegals.
3. Possible excuse for detainment and incarceration of "suspected" people harboring disease -given the info released on the EO's just signed by the dicktater.
Remus was talking about "disappearances" of certain people at one time.
Thanks and that's worth a separate post.
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